As if this story could not get any worse and heartbreaking. It is being reported that 8 year old Madyson Middleton, who went missing on Sunday, July 26 in Santa Cruz, CA and whose body was found later that day was raped and strangled prior to her body being hid in a trash dumpster. According to police, the girl was lured into the teen’s apartmenton Sunday night where investigators found evidence that the girl was murdered inside the upstairs apartment before her body was carried down into the first floor garage then placed into a recycling bin.

Madyson Middleton, Rest in Peace

In a press conference on Monday Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel said, ”It appears that she was lured to the suspect’s apartment willingly. Additionally, we’ve determined that Maddy was murdered inside of the suspect’s apartment. She was then carried downstairs to the recycle bin.” What is wrong with people, some crimes just are more heinous than others. And its not “IF” the teen who committed this vile act could be tried as an adult, it is “WHEN” this animal is tried as an adult for this sick crime. Sorry, this 15 year old has zero hope and deserves no second chances to prey upon innocent children.

Sources say that the 8-year-old girl who vanished from her Santa Cruz apartment complex Sunday night was raped and strangled before her body was found inside a recycling bin.

Madyson Middleton’s body was discovered inside of a dumpster at the Tannery Arts Center by one of the department’s detectives Monday night. Police are not sure how long the body was inside the dumpster.

“At approximately 7:55 p.m., and this is extraordinarily heartbreaking news that I’m about to give to you, our detectives discovered the body of a young female inside of a dumpster at the complex located behind me,” said Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel on Monday night.

The mood turned hostile to outsiders as residents of the Tannery Arts Center, a unique artists’ community on the outskirts of this small beach town, came to grips with the fact that this may have been an inside job.

During a news conference on Tuesday, Police Chief Kevin Vogel told reporters that the little girl was probably dead even before she was reported missing Sunday evening.

“It appears that she was lured to the suspect’s apartment willingly,” said Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel. “Additionally, we’ve determined that Maddy was murdered inside of the suspect’s apartment. She was then carried downstairs to the recycle bin.”

Police believe all of this happened in less than an hour, right after she disappeared while riding her scooter and before police were called Sunday evening.

An AMBER ALERThas been issued for 21 month old Lonzie Barton who has been missing since Friday, July 24, 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s office, Lonzie Barton reportedly disappeared in an alleged car jacking Friday morning. Deputies said Lonzie was last seen at the Ravenwood Apartments at 8030 Old Kings Road South, wearing only a diaper.

The missing toddler was being watched by the mothers boyfriend while she was at work. Ut-oh, here we go again. The boyfriend, William Ebron, claims that he put the boy in the car, but when he came back to the vehicle after running back into the apartment, it was gone. The car was recovered 15 to 20 minutes later a short distance from the apartment complex and Lonzie was nowhere to be found. WHO IS BUYING THIS STORY?

Missing: Lonzie Barton

The Jacksonville Sheriff said they could not be more worried about Lonzie Barton, the 21-month-old who disappeared in an alleged car jacking early Friday morning.

Dozens of deputies spent Friday searching the Jacksonville neighborhood where 21-month-old Lonzie Barton was last seen.

“We are looking anywhere that we can look to find this child, the longer this goes on that we cannot find this child, the worse the outcome is going to be,” said Jacksonville Sheriff Chief Tom Hackney.

Hackney said the boy was being watched by his mother’s boyfriend while she was at work.

The boyfriend, William Ebron Junior, told police he put Lonzie and his 5-year-old sister in his car to go pick the mother up from work but had to run up to the apartment.

Ebron said when he went downstairs he saw his car being driven away with Lonzie inside of it.

Lonzie Barton is almost two years in age, has blond hair and blue eyes, and weighs about 20 pounds. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500.

It has been one full day since an Amber Alert was issued Friday morning and police began searching for 21-month-old Lonzie Barton.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is searching for the child, who was last seen outside a unit at the Ravenwood apartment complex on South Old Kings Road about 2:20 a.m. Nearly two hours later, police issued an alert for Lonzie, who was believed to be taken during a car theft.

According to Chief Tom Hackney, the mother’s boyfriend, 32-year-old William Ebron, was getting ready to pick up the mother, 25-year-old Lonna Lauramore, from work at Wacko’s Gentlemen’s Club around 2 a.m. He gathered Lonzie and his 5-year-old sister into an orange 1995 Honda Civic.

Friday night police scaled back the search for the evening but as many as 60 detectives are expected to help pick up the search again Saturday morning.

6 month old Ember Graham has been missing since Wednesday, July 1, 2015 in Happy Valley, California. According to the Shasta County Sheriff’s office, Ember Graham was last seen inside a home on Noosha Lane around 10:30 p.m. in the Happy Valley and Anderson area. The 6 month old baby was reported missing at 5:26 AMwhen her father, Matthew Graham, went to check on her and found an empty crib. Ember suffers from a seizure disorder and officials say she is “at risk” and in need of medication.

Missing – 6 month old Ember Graham

Ember Graham was reportedly last seen Wednesday night inside her home in Happy Valley, about 150 miles north of Sacramento. Her father Matthew Graham said he went to check on her around 5:30 Thursday morning, and found her crib empty, reports the station.

The disappearance is considered “suspicious,” Lt. Dave Kent of the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office told the Record-Searchlight.

Police are interviewing the child’s family members, including Matthew Graham and the girl’s mother Jamie Graham. According to the station, police say that everyone contacted has been cooperative.

Matthew Graham was booked into the Shasta County Jail Friday on an unrelated probation violation, reports the paper. He’s reportedly being held without bail.

Matthew Graham, father of baby Ember Graham, has been named a “person of interest” in her disappearance, according to Shasta County Sheriff’s Lt. Dave Kent.

Kent said no other person of interest has been identified in the case. Ember’s mother, Jamie Lee Graham, is cooperating, he said.

“We have very limited information,” Kent said.

As reported earlier, Matthew Graham has been in Shasta County Jail on a probation violation, and is being held without bail. He was the first to report the baby missing from her crib a little after 5 a.m. Thursday morning.

Kent said the violation stems from DUI and forgery cases. During questioning, Matthew Graham gave investigators information that he took medication that had not been disclosed to his probation officer, which is a violation of conditions, Kent said.

Monday marks the fifth day search and rescue teams from all over California have been searching for missing 6-month-old Ember Sky Graham.

Ember was reported missing from her crib early Thursday morning by her father, Matthew Graham, who is a person of interest in the disappearance of the baby.

Almost 80 volunteers from statewide search and rescue teams and 60 family members searched the countryside on Monday for the six-month-old. The search efforts are concentrated in the area of Clear Creek Road in Happy Valley.

Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko said given the time that has passed and the heat over the last five days, they are looking to recover the body of baby Ember to see if there’s any “recoverable evidence there.”

Anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Ember Graham, please contact Shasta County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit at (530) 245-6135.

The Maryland State police have issued an Amber Alert has been issued for three boys and their mother in Prince George’s County, MD. The three boys are 11 year old Anthony Bermudez, 10 year old Kevin Ulizes Bermudezs. 2 year old Elvis Bermudez and their mother, 34 year old Milvian Reyes-Villatoro. The three children and their mother were last seen Friday night, June 26 at approximately 8:40 PM in the 4000 block of 36th Street in Mt. Rainier. According to the police, the children are believed to have been abducted by 34-year-old Mario Bermudez-Chavez. Chavez is described as a Hispanic male standing 6′ feet tall and 220 pounds. He may be wearing a green shirt and khaki pants. They are believed to be traveling in a silver Honda Odyssey van with Maryland tags 3AJ7515c.

Authorities are searching for 34-year-old Milvian Reyes-Villatoro and her three boys: Anthony Mario Bermudez, Kevin Ulizes Bermudez and Elvis Bermudez.

Anthony Bermudez, 11, is 5′ 6″ and weighs 100 pounds. He was last seen wearing an orange shirts and brown shorts.

Kevin Ulizes, 10, is 4 feet and weighs 80 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt and blue shorts.

Elvis Bermudez, 2, is 2′ 2″ and weighs 40 pounds. He was last seen wearing a green shirt and blue jeans.

Ms. Reyes-Villatoro is 5’7″ and 150 pounds. Additional details of what Reyes-Villatoro was wearing were not immediately available.

If anyone has any information or sees the missing persons, suspect, or vehicle, please contact immediately the nearest law enforcement agency by dialing 911 or call the Canton Police Department at 573-288-4412.

An AMBER ALERThas been issued for 4 year old Mia Olartemissing since Monday, June 8, 2015 in the Bronx New York. Police say the mother, Dora Olarte, walked off with Mia around 5 p.m. Monday during a supervised visit at a foster care center. The four-year-old Bronx girl is reported to have Down syndrome. Currently, the biological mother does not have custody of the child, who presently lives with a foster family. The mother has a mental health history and prior allegations of abuse.

Mia Olarte was last seen around 4:50 p.m. Monday with her mother during a supervised visit at a foster care center on Brown Place, police said.

Her mother, 48-year-old Dora Olarte, then left the location with her daughter, police said. Dora Olarte does not have custody of the child, who currently lives with a foster family, police said.

Detectives say the little girl has Down Syndrome and requires medication. Her mother has a history of mental health issues and there are allegations of abuse, authorities said.

Descriptions:

Mia is 2’1? tall and weighs 48 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt and grey pants.

Dora Estella Olarte is a Hispanic female, 5’4? tall, weighs 140 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a white shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone with information should call 911, or 866-NYS-AMBER. Or you can contact Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS, visit www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or text tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

A one year old Leaona Wright has been missing since Saturday morning, June 6, 2015 in Pendleton, South Carolina. The one year old little girl is about 29 pounds and was last seen wearing a long white T-shirt. Anderson County deputies told media outlets that the toddler’s mother, Kiara Sullivan, discovered her daughter gone Saturday morning. Investigators say the girl’s older sister may have opened a door and the toddler walked out and away from the Apartment building A of Edgewood Square Apartments. The boyfriend of Leona’s mother, Travis Jones (pic), was taken into custody on Saturday morning for an outstanding bench warrant unrelated to the case. The mother was not home at the time the one year old went missing. The boyfriend was watching the child at the time of the disappearance. The police searched 2 miles in every direction of the Edgewood Square Apartments with deputies, dogs and search crews from multiple jurisdictions to no avail.

It has not been determined yet whether foul play has been involved.

Leona was reported missing from the apartment complex on Saturday morning. More than 200 deputies, firefighters and other emergency personnel from Anderson and Oconee counties spent more than five hours searching a 2-mile radius around the complex without finding the child. Reverse 911 calls also were made to residents living within 2 miles of the apartments.

The child’s mother, Kiara Sullivan, told the Independent Mail that Leona was missing when she and her boyfriend woke up at 9:25 a.m. Saturday — three hours after she had last checked on the toddler. Sullivan said her boyfriend, Travis Jones, told her he saw Leona’s 3-year-old sister, A’riel, standing in an open door at the apartment. Authorities said Leona may have walked or crawled through the door that her sister opened.

Deputies arrested Jones on Saturday on a 2013 warrant for failing to appear after release on a misdemeanor charge. Skipper said the warrant stemmed from a family court case that may have involved unpaid child support. Jones is being held without bail at the Anderson County Detention Center, jail records show.

Sheriff’s officials investigating the disappearance of a 1-year-old girl spent Sunday morning sifting through trash from the apartment complex where the child was last seen.

Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said he and about a dozen of his investigators failed to find anything at Waste Management of South Carolina’s Pendleton Transfer Station related to Saturday’s disappearance of Leona Wright.

A garbage truck brought the contents of a dumpster at the Edgewood Square apartment complex to the transfer station on Saturday, said Skipper, who was wearing overalls and a holding a hoe. His face glistened with sweat.

The investigation into the disappearance of one-year-old Leona Wright in Pendleton continued Sunday.

Deputies are looking for Leona two miles in all directions of Cherry Street after she was reported missing around 10 a.m. on June 6. She is described as a black female, weighing 29 pounds and was last seen wearing a white sleeper t-shirt.

Lt. Josh Payne said witnesses told deputies an unsecured door to the family’s residence was left open by a 3-year-old child and Leona may have crawled away. Apartment building A of Edgewood Square Apartments was taped off on Saturday.

K-9 officers and aviation responded to the scene to aid in the search. Deputies said they are still investigating whether or not foul play is involved.

Officials from the following agencies also assisted in the search: The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Anderson County Fire, Oconee County Emergency Services and Technical Rescue, Zion Fire Department, Belton Fire Department, Pendleton Fire Department and EMS, CERT and Mounted Search and Rescue, Sandy Springs Fire Department, the American Red Cross and MedShore EMS.

12 year old Autumn Shreve and 2 year old Sophia Rogershave been missing since Saturday, June 6, 2015 from Avon, Ohio. At the time of their disappearance, Autumn Shreve was babysitting Sophie Rogers. The were last seen on Saturday afternoon on Mulberry Lane in Timberlake at around 4 PM. The Avon Police issued a statewide endangered child advisory for the two missing girls; however, they stressed that although it was not an Amber Alert but believe the girls are in danger. The authorities say it is known that Shreve passes herself off as an adult and may possibly be presenting that the 2-year-old girl is her daughter. The police believe the pair may have stayed in the local area or traveled to Lorain.

The FBI and the Avon Police Department say 12-year-old Autumn R. Shreve and 2-year-old Sophia Rogers disappeared Saturday afternoon from the Timberlake Apartment Complex. Authorities say the girls were last seen on Mulberry Lane, at around 4 p.m.

Authorities say Shreve was babysitting Rogers at the time.

Autumn R. Shreve is a white female. She’s 5-feet 2-inches tall and weighs around 135 pound. She was last seen wearing dark blue jean shorts and pink Nike Sandals.

Sophia Rogers is a white female. She’s 3-feet 3-inches tall and weighs around 32 pound. The toddler was last seen wearing a pink North Face sweatshirt and grey tennis shoes with sparkles on the side.

Detectives went to the apartment complex and spoke to 25-year-old Demetrius Richardson, who told police that he picked up the girls in Avon on Saturday and drove them back to his apartment.

He said he met the 12-year-old through an online dating site and that she told him she was 20 years old.

Police say while the 12-year-old was at Richardson’s apartment, they engaged in sexual conduct. Both girls spent Saturday night there, according to police.

Police charged Richardson with one count of rape. Ohio law states that sexual conduct with anyone under the age of 13, regardless of consent or whether or not the offender knows the age of the person, is considered rape.

Missoula, Montana Police have issued a MEPA, Missing/Endangered Person Advisory, for two missing children, 6 year old Callen Cassidy-Robinson and 1 year old Sula Cassidy-Robinson. The children are believed to be in danger and were taken by their non-custodial mother Heather Lynn Cassidy. Investigators state that Callen Cassidy-Robinson and Sula Cassidy-Robinson were last seen in Twin Falls on May 3, 2015. They are believed to be traveling in a silver 2001 PT Cruiser with Montana plates BFC602.

3 month old Janna Rivera has been missing since Friday, May 29, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The original 911 call was placed around 8 AM Friday from a woman saying the child was missing and could be dead. Authorities searched for the missing baby on Friday within a five mile radius of the 4100 block of Candy Apple Boulevard. Sadly, the police believe that the baby is dead. WISH-TV8is reporting that investigators questioned a person of interest in connection to the disappearance of Janna Rivera, but they said he is not cooperating. The police announced around 3:50 p.m. that the search had been suspended after a five mile radius had been combed through.

The father has been named a person of interest in the case.

Rescuers spent eight hours searching for the baby within a five mile radius of the 4100 block of Candy Apple Boulevard.

Detectives cleared the scene Friday night after spending all day gathering evidence inside of the home where they believe Janna Rivera was last seen.

IMPD Lt. Richard Riddle said that they believe the 3 month old baby is no longer alive and the father remains a person of interest, but no arrests have been made. The authorities believe the infant was placed in a dumpster on Friday.

Investigators continued their search Sunday morning at a landfill where 3-month-old Janna Rivera may have ended up after she was put into a dumpster on the northeast side of Indianapolis.

Sunday morning, a spokesperson for the police department Richard Riddle said, “At this point we’re three days out from the baby’s disappearance. Based upon that, we do not believe that baby Janna is still alive.”

Riddle said her biological father has cooperated with the department and has led police to believe the body was put into the dumpster. He expects investigators to continue searching the landfill for hours.

Dozens of officers in white gear poked through the South Side Landfill on Sunday following a day of heavy rains searching for Janna Rivera. Her mother reported her missing from their home on the city’s northeast side Friday. Indianapolis police spokesman Lt. Richard Riddle says officers spent part of Saturday searching a trash transfer station, but found nothing.

Riddle says statements made by the child’s father have led investigators to believe the child died on Friday and her body was placed in a trash container.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department moved their search for missing 3-month-old Janna Rivera to a landfill on the southwest side of Indianapolis Sunday morning, but they suspended the search around 1 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

Police were prompted to look for Janna’s remains at “South Side Landfill” after the baby’s biological father tipped police that she was placed in a dumpster on the city’s east side. “We believe that the baby was placed into a dumpster on the east side of Indianapolis on Friday morning,” said IMPD Lt. Richard Riddle. “That trash from the dumpster was transferred to a transfer station out in Mount Comfort. A search was done in Mount Comfort yesterday with negative results.”